"Bush was in the White House when gay marriage wasn't as big a political issue as it is today. One of his sons, former President George W. Bush, opposed same-sex marriage and in 2004 announced his support for a proposed constitutional amendment to outlaw it. But his wife, Laura Bush, and their daughter Barbara Bush support gay marriage, as does his former vice president, Dick Cheney, whose daughter Mary Cheney is openly gay. ...

"In July, George W. Bush made headlines when he said he wouldn't comment on the issue, saying he 'shouldn't be taking a speck out of someone else's eye when I have a log in my own.' He later explained that he just wasn't going to answer the question because he was out of politics."